Nearly 4,000 federal employees furloughed after Congress lets highway funding lapse
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House passes 30-day extension for highway funding
By Gregory Wallace, Melanie Zanona and Kristin Wilson, CNN The House of Representatives on Friday night passed a resolution extending funding for the…
Continue Reading Judge questions Texas abortion ban’s controversial enforcement mechanism
By Tierney Sneed A federal judge Friday questioned the controversial enforcement mechanism of Texas’ six-week abortion ban and asked whether…
Continue Reading Texans are leaving the state for abortions after Supreme Court ruling, Planned Parenthood clinics say
By Rachel Janfaza, CNN Planned Parenthood clinics have seen dramatic increases in the number of people from Texas going out of state to seek…
Continue Reading First on CNN: Biden administration to convene 30 countries to crack down on ransomware threat
By Sean Lyngaas The White House will convene a 30-country meeting this month to try to ramp up global efforts to address the threat of ransomware to…
Continue Reading Justice Brett Kavanaugh tests positive for Covid-19
Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for Covid-19. Kavanaugh, who is fully vaccinated, tested positive, according to a statement released by…
Continue Reading Fact check: Did the Marine who Trump brought on stage at rally actually hoist a baby over a wall at Kabul airport?
During a rally in Georgia, former President Donald Trump invited Lance Cpl. Hunter Clark to the stage, implying he was the Marine in a viral video…
Continue Reading US climate action is on the line as negotiations in Congress reach a fever pitch
By Ella Nilsen and Angela Dewan, CNN With just one month to go until a pivotal UN climate change conference in Glasgow, President Joe Biden’s…
Continue Reading Justice Brett Kavanaugh tests positive for Covid-19
WASHINGTON, DC —Â Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for Covid-19, the U.S. Supreme Court said Friday, the first publicly known case…
Continue Reading Capitol Hill set for another desperate push on Biden’s agenda as leaders put a $2.1 trillion option on the table
By Phil Mattingly and Lauren Fox, CNN There wasn’t a vote. There wasn’t a deal. But a $2.1 trillion compromise framework has been floated…
Continue Reading Former President Jimmy Carter celebrates his 97th birthday today
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN Jimmy Carter, the oldest living former President, turns 97 on Friday. The 39th President is spending the day at home…
Continue Reading States face tough choices on repaying loans to Uncle Sam for pandemic unemployment benefits
By Tami Luhby, CNN The federal government picked up the cost of the unprecedented expansion of jobless benefits during the pandemic, but many states…
Continue Reading Dissension at the Supreme Court as justices take their anger public
By Joan Biskupic, CNN legal analyst & Supreme Court biographer Supreme Court justices have revealed a new level of defensiveness and anger in…
Continue Reading Virginia governor’s race offers tea leaves for 2022
By Jeff Zeleny, Chief National Affairs Correspondent Glenn Youngkin doesn’t deliver blistering criticism of President Joe Biden. He…
Continue Reading Historic increase in food stamp benefits starts in October
By Tami Luhby, CNN Food stamp recipients will see their monthly payments go up in October thanks to a major update to the program, even though a…
Continue Reading Kamala Harris’ office doing clean-up after exchange with student on Israel
By Jasmine Wright and Jeremy Diamond, CNN Vice President Kamala Harris’s office is trying to contain the fallout from an exchange earlier this…
Continue Reading ‘She is just absolutely standing in the way’: Sinema’s critics in Arizona speak out
Kyrsten Sinema’s 2018 Senate victory was a triumph for Arizona Democrats. Now, many of her constituents feel she is squandering her position by…
Continue Reading Fact check: Did the Marine who Trump brought on stage at rally actually hoist a baby over a wall at Kabul airport?
By Holmes Lybrand, Tara Subramaniam and Greg Clary, CNN During a rally in Georgia over the weekend, former President Donald Trump invited Lance Cpl.…
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USPS to slow down some mail delivery starting Friday
By Kristen Holmes Americans across the country could start seeing slowdowns in mail delivery across the country as early as Friday when the United…
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Texas House map would pit El Paso Dems against each other
AUSTIN, Texas — The first draft of a new Texas House map gives El Paso County less representation in the state Legislature’s lower chamber and…
Continue Reading ‘She is just absolutely standing in the way’: Sinema’s critics in Arizona speak out
Karina Ruiz, a campaign volunteer and immigrant who raised money to get Senator Kyrsten Sinema elected, says she now feels disappointed by the…
Continue Reading ‘She is just absolutely standing in the way’: Sinema’s critics in Arizona speak out
By Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN When Kyrsten Sinema won her US Senate seat in 2018, she was the first Democrat from Arizona elected to the…
Continue Reading Biden signs bill passed by Congress to avert gov’t shutdown
UPDATE: WASHINGTON, DC — With only hours to spare, President Joe Biden has signed legislation that would avoid a partial federal shutdown and keep…
Continue Reading Federal appeals court pauses order requiring Biden administration to stop expelling migrant families
By Priscilla Alvarez and Tierney Sneed, CNN The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit put on hold Thursday a lower court order that would have…
Continue Reading Joe Manchin has been remarkably consistent. Democrats just haven’t been listening
By Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large On Thursday, West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin made clear how much he was willing to spend on a budget…
Continue Reading Harriet Hageman once rebuked Trump and endorsed Liz Cheney. She’s now challenging her with his support
By Andrew Kaczynski and Em Steck, CNN Harriet Hageman, who earned the endorsement of former President Donald Trump in her 2022 bid to challenge…
Continue Reading Pelosi delays vote on trillion-dollar infrastructure bill after hours of negotiations
By Alex Rogers, Melanie Zanona and Daniella Diaz, CNN House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ruled against putting a $1 trillion infrastructure bill on the floor…
Continue Reading Refugee groups race to find housing for 53,000 Afghan evacuees
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Refugee resettlement agencies are racing to find housing for the approximately 53,000 Afghans on military bases in the…
Continue Reading Suicide rate among active duty service members increased by 41% between 2015 and 2020
By Alex Marquardt and Ellie Kaufman, CNN The suicide rate among active duty service members in the US military increased by 41.4% in the five years…
Continue Reading DC appeals court grapples with the question of due process rights for Guantanamo detainees
By Tierney Sneed The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit grappled on Thursday with the question of whether to issue a significant decision about…
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